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Born in April 10, 1867 / Died in July 7, 1935 / Ireland / English

Poems by George William Russell

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The Virgin Mother

... Lover, your heart, the heart on which it lies, ...

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The Earth Breath

... Through the woodland’s purple plumage ...

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Benediction

... And the fire divine in all things burning ...

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Dana

... And I weave My spells at evening, folding with dim caress, ...

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In As Much …

... When the white limbs were clothed ...

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The Faces of Memory

... Your tree of life put forth these flowers ...

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The Nuts of Knowledge

... I think when night towers up aloft and shakes the trembling dew, ...

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Alien

... Through rapt at gaze with eyes of light ...

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A Summer Night

... Heard through the stillness, as in whispered words, ...

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Alter Ego

... Where the ring of twilight gleams ...

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A New World

... And with the earth my heart is glad, ...

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Hope in Failure

... The beauty that breathes in thy spirit shall shape of thy sorrow a flower, ...

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When

... Leaves the flowers uncurled, ...

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The Christ-sword

... I found How deep the glance of love can wound, ...

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The Everlasting Battle

... Has smote the horror in the heart where clouds of demon glooms take wing, ...